This past year has brought changes few, if any, of us could have predicted. Sickness. The early passing of loved ones. The constant isolation. This doesn’t have to be the new normal. We can rise above it. Enough is enough.
Since Levi Heintz’s tragic passing, friends and family have worked to keep his memory alive and allow his legacy to flourish. Levi wanted to empower people. Whether he did so at work with a smile, on the street with a helping hand, or as a shoulder to lean on – a light for direction. Every day, he made sure people knew they were heard, seen, and respected.
The best gift we can give the world is to continue Levi’s deeds as a community-wide mentoring program. Accordingly, we established the Levi Yitzchak Mentorship Fund for Young Adults, to be facilitated with the combined expertise of Aliya Institute and Neshamos.
This vital work will be overseen by a trained staffer and undergo continuous, advanced development. Already, a website is being built for registering/screening mentors and mentees. Once matched, participants will have one-on-one mentorship and individual therapy sessions available. Group events will also be held, with a special emphasis on health, safety and privacy.
In honor of Levi’s Shloshim, the Levi Yitzchak Mentorship Fund is partnering with families and community, in a 2-day campaign to raise $100,000. Every dollar given to the campaign is another crack in the wall of isolation. To breathe life into this essential project, Levi’s family has given the first $12,000.
Your partnership is essential in ensuring the longevity, success and overall enrichment of our community.
To join with your neighbors near and far, please visit charidy.com/mentorme
May this very special project bring Levi’s neshamah the ultimate aliyah and return all the neshamos who’ve left us, with the revelation of Moshiach.
With a blessing for a sweet new year,
Levi’s friends and family
This is so needed; thank you to the sponsors. Much success.
I am sure Levi will be looking down and having much nachas from this.
Will this be for guys only or will there also be a setup for girls?
every one, girls boys men women
from crown heights and beyond that
if you need or can provide the services or both you will be able to participate stay tuned for program details and ways to sing up meanwhile please give your genourous donation for the first year budget of this organization evert dollar counts
We are in process of building a platform for mentors and mentees to sign up.
once its ready we will be posting an article with links to sing up.
it will be community wide so will be for girls and guys
I think it could also be beneficial to also have mentors not from the community. For many reasons, some young adults in need of help might feel more comfortable reaching out with such an option. Saying this as a young adult, though I don’t live in CH.